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Police misconduct

The city’s effort to stem police misconduct is falling short, leaving abusive officers to operate with near impunity.

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Suburban Immigrants Face a Communication Breakdown

September, 2002 Most suburban hospitals and clinics are relying on a patchwork of makeshift methods to communicate with non-English-speaking patients.

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Ailing System: Hospitals, Clinics Lack Interpreters

Rui Kaneya

Most suburban hospitals and clinics are relying on a patchwork of makeshift methods to communicate with non-English-speaking patients.

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Bringing Trouble

Since 1990, officials at 54 schools across the city have torn down their last playground basketball hoops or decided not to replace hoops destroyed by wear and tear or vandalism. The top reasons for getting rid of hoops: Officials blamed them for attracting gang members or older youth who hung out late at night, sometimes drinking or selling drugs. > Read More

Air Balls

Since the Chicago Public Schools implemented a plan to create parks on school campuses in 1996, the number of basketball hoops on school playgrounds has dropped by almost a quarter. > Read More
Inside Stories

Game Over: Hoops Disappear from School Playgrounds

Basketball hoops are disappearing from school playgrounds–"ripped down by vandals and never replaced, allowed to age and fall apart, or dismantled by school officials to deter gangs and crime.> Read More

Falling Short

By law, hospitals and even small private practices that receive federal funds such as Medicaid are required to provide language assistance. But only a handful of suburban facilities use trained interpreters, while most others rely on a patchwork of makeshift methods to communicate with...> Read More

Immigrant Influx

Over the last decade, immigrants settled in the Chicago suburbs at an astounding rate, bringing in an unprecedented linguistic diversity. > Read More
New Voices

West Side Farmers: Tilling Soil

Tracey and LaDonna Redmond slowly take in a hot, sunny weekday on their farm–"a plot of land, 150 feet by 300 feet, at 4429 W. Fulton Ave. in the West Side community of West Garfield Park, where every couple of minutes the Green Line elevated train rumbles by.> Read More